Cities Skylines 2 update 1.019 is available to download on PC and Microsoft Store. According to the official Cities Skylines 2 version 1.019.000 patch notes, the latest update focuses on smarter citizen travel behavior, improved city simulation performance, expanded terrain editing tools, and a complete terrain visual overhaul. In addition, Cities Skylines 2 patch 1.019 also fixes road access issues, improves office supply sourcing, enhances shadows and texture quality, and resolves several mod loading, syncing, and save compatibility problems.
Cities Skylines 2 Update 1.019.000 Patch Notes – June 22, 2026
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue causing citizens to always visit the shop with the highest stock regardless of distance.
- Reduced how often households evaluate moving homes, improving performance in larger cities.
- Reduced instances of tourists, commuters, and vacationers walking along highway shoulders when entering or leaving the city.
- Fixed citizens taking extremely long trips across the map.
- Pathfinding limits are now customized for work, school, shopping, and leisure trips.
- Citizens now respond appropriately when no valid route is available:
- Move-outs leave the map automatically.
- Workers abandon unavailable jobs.
- Leisure activities are postponed until a new attempt is made.
- Office goods can now be imported through outside connections when local supply is unavailable.
- Adjusted legal U-turn costs to improve dedicated lane usage.
- Lowered illegal U-turn costs to intended values.
- Slightly reduced commercial demand.
- Fixed buildings occasionally losing road access after leveling up.
- Improved terraforming tool scaling based on brush size.
UI
- Applied minor button style improvements.
- Added Info and Customize tabs to building information panels that support customization.
- Fixed the first production statistics graph data point appearing unusually small in new games.
- Added a contour line visibility toggle with assignable keybind support.
- Fixed emergency battery stations displaying a persistent depleted battery warning after being refilled.
- Added terrain texture painting tools to both the game and map editor.
- Added brush selection and brush rotation support using Shift + Mouse Wheel.
- Fixed the Benchmark screen incorrectly displaying a 60 Hz refresh rate.
Visual
- Reworked terrain texturing system.
- Improved terrain material blending for more natural transitions.
- Expanded texture tiling from two detail levels to three.
- Updated rock texturing to use three-axis projections.
- Reworked grass, dirt, and rock materials across all Temperate biome maps.
- Added four new paintable ground materials.
- Fixed terrain normals that caused landscapes to appear flatter than intended.
- Corrected shoreline alignment with water surfaces.
- Added extra texture work to Archipelago Haven, Great Highlands, Twin Mountain, River Delta, and Mountain Village.
- Improved map border visibility with updated colors and outlines.
- Lower Texture Quality settings now reduce terrain VRAM usage and improve GPU performance.
- Fixed visible shadow rings at certain camera angles.
- Improved shadow quality and reduced low-sun artifacts.
- Added an option to hide snow visuals without affecting simulation systems.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed localization issues in Polish and Spanish.
- Resolved a JavaScript error that could stop the Paradox Launcher from starting.
- Updated credits.
Mods
- Fixed save loading failures caused by missing modded or custom content references.
- Affected saves now load correctly.
- Mod error notifications now display mod names instead of IDs after restart.
- Gizmos now appear only for transparent objects and selected items.
- Widgets now display only on selected assets.
- Fixed read-only prefabs being incorrectly saved as editor assets.
- Resolved map save issues involving custom climate, water, and terrain settings.
Paradox Mods
- Added a Playsets tab to creator pages.
- Added support for Bluesky and coff.ee profile links.
- Tags can now be collapsed and are collapsed by default.
- Fixed cases where mods failed to load during sync conflicts.
- Fixed occasional mod download failures.
- Resolved sync update failures caused by corrupted mod files.
Recently, a Cities Skylines 2 ver. 1.0.5f1 introduced new content, including zoneable roundabouts and 26 new service building variations. Unfortunately, players are still facing issues when trying to play the game. Today’s Cities Skylines patch 1.019 will fix a few of these issues.
Download free Cities Skylines update 1.019 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
